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| Montreal, Canada |  Review on November 15, 2022: |
waterlooengineer
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
I had my interview on Nov 14th, 2022 at 8:30 am and was approved.
I carried all the documents that I had uploaded for NVC: Sponsor's i864 and taxes docs, Joint sponsor's i864 and taxes docs, all my civil documents. They only asked for the original police certificate ( I had 2 original and 1 copy but they accepted that), my birth certificate and marriage certificate.
I showed up at the consulate around 8:20 and was let in immediately. There were no line ups fortunately (when I was leaving around 10 am, there was a line outside of about 12-15 people).
Inside the building, first thing was security. That took a good 10-15 minutes. There were 3 families in front of me. Mine was done in less than a minute. Deposited my cell phone and apple watch in the locker and up I went. It took about 50ish minutes for my number to be called and I submitted all the documents at the first counter. This is where the first set of fingerprints were taken. As mentioned, only my civil documents were asked and nothing else. Then I returned to my seat. As soon as I sat, my number showed up again, this time at a different counter. I thought it was for the interview and was surprised it only took a min. Lol turns out it was an error on their side and the lady at the counter asked me for my passport and civil docs, to which I told that I am already done with the process. She said sorry, that was an error on their side and told me she will forward me to the interview. I went back to sitting and then in about 10 minutes, my number was called again. This is where the interview took place. The interviewer was a very nice lady.
Asked the general questions. How did me and my spouse met. What is my job. And my travel history. She took my left hand fingerprints and said she is approving my visa.
I was done with the entire process in about 90 minutes and was out of the building around 10 am.
I stayed at the Marriot hotel which is about a 6 min walk to the consulate.
Status was change to issued around 12:30 pm today so that was pretty fast!!
All in all a good and a smooth interview experience. Thanks VJ fam!
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #31577